Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09STATE80201
2009-07-31 21:33:00
SECRET//NOFORN
Secretary of State
Cable title:
(U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES"
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S E C R E T STATE 080201
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2034
TAGS: PINR SCUL BE FR GM IT NL SP UK
SUBJECT: (U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES"
EUROPEAN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN (C-NC9-01624)
Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
S E C R E T STATE 080201
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2034
TAGS: PINR SCUL BE FR GM IT NL SP UK
SUBJECT: (U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES"
EUROPEAN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN (C-NC9-01624)
Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
1. (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS
IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE
INTERESTED IN REPORTING ON THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE AGAINST
FORCED MARRIAGES LAUNCHED BY STICHTING PLATFORM ISLAMITISCHE
ORGANISATIES RIJNMOND - FOUNDATION PLATFORM ISLAMIC
ORGANIZATIONS RIJNMOND (SPIOR) AND THE ROTTERDAM
MUNICIPALITY, IN COOPERATION WITH PROFESSOR TARIQ RAMADAN.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE INITIATIVE IS AVAILABLE ON THE
SPIOR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SPIOR.NL/. IN RESPONSE TO
HIGH-LEVEL POLICYMAKER INTEREST, REMG ANALYSTS ARE DEVELOPING
A PRODUCT TO INFORM POLICYMAKERS ABOUT SUCH EFFORTS WITHIN
MUSLIM COMMUNITIES THAT CAN AID INTEGRATION AND ACT AS
COUNTER-RADICALIZING FORCES. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY
ASSISTANCE FROM POST IN GATHERING THE RELEVANT DATA AS TIME,
RESOURCES, AND ACCESS PERMIT.
A. (U) WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION ON THE
FOLLOWING TOPICS:
1) (U) THE INDIVIDUALS/GROUPS THAT INITIATED THIS CAMPAIGN
AND WHO THE MAIN PLAYERS ARE.
2) (U) A COPY OF THE PUBLISHED BOOKLET, "JOINING HANDS
AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES" (2007). REPORTED PLANS EXIST TO
TRANSLATE THE BOOKLET INTO ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN
AND SPANISH AND DISTRIBUTE IN THE UK, BELGIUM, FRANCE,
GERMANY, ITALY AND SPAIN.
3) (U) THE REACTIONS TO THIS CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING EUROPEAN
PUBLIC REACTION, AND THE VIRALNESS OF THE CAMPAIGN (OR IF IT
HAS SPREAD TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND/OR BROUGHT ABOUT SIMILAR
PROGRAMS ELSEWHERE).
4) (U) GOVERNMENT-SPONSORSHIP OF THE CAMPAIGN, DETAILS OF
THIS SUPPORT, OR SPIN-OFF PROGRAMS.
B. (U) POST,S RESPONSES BY 25 AUGUST 2009 WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED.
2. (U) PLEASE CITE C-NC9-01624 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF
REPORTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS.
CLINTON
NOFORN
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/31/2034
TAGS: PINR SCUL BE FR GM IT NL SP UK
SUBJECT: (U) "JOINING HANDS AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES"
EUROPEAN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN (C-NC9-01624)
Classified By: MICHAEL P. OWENS, ACTING DIR, INR/OPS. REASON: 1.4(C).
1. (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS
IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE
INTERESTED IN REPORTING ON THE EUROPEAN INITIATIVE AGAINST
FORCED MARRIAGES LAUNCHED BY STICHTING PLATFORM ISLAMITISCHE
ORGANISATIES RIJNMOND - FOUNDATION PLATFORM ISLAMIC
ORGANIZATIONS RIJNMOND (SPIOR) AND THE ROTTERDAM
MUNICIPALITY, IN COOPERATION WITH PROFESSOR TARIQ RAMADAN.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE INITIATIVE IS AVAILABLE ON THE
SPIOR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SPIOR.NL/. IN RESPONSE TO
HIGH-LEVEL POLICYMAKER INTEREST, REMG ANALYSTS ARE DEVELOPING
A PRODUCT TO INFORM POLICYMAKERS ABOUT SUCH EFFORTS WITHIN
MUSLIM COMMUNITIES THAT CAN AID INTEGRATION AND ACT AS
COUNTER-RADICALIZING FORCES. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY
ASSISTANCE FROM POST IN GATHERING THE RELEVANT DATA AS TIME,
RESOURCES, AND ACCESS PERMIT.
A. (U) WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY INFORMATION ON THE
FOLLOWING TOPICS:
1) (U) THE INDIVIDUALS/GROUPS THAT INITIATED THIS CAMPAIGN
AND WHO THE MAIN PLAYERS ARE.
2) (U) A COPY OF THE PUBLISHED BOOKLET, "JOINING HANDS
AGAINST FORCED MARRIAGES" (2007). REPORTED PLANS EXIST TO
TRANSLATE THE BOOKLET INTO ENGLISH, FRENCH, GERMAN, ITALIAN
AND SPANISH AND DISTRIBUTE IN THE UK, BELGIUM, FRANCE,
GERMANY, ITALY AND SPAIN.
3) (U) THE REACTIONS TO THIS CAMPAIGN, INCLUDING EUROPEAN
PUBLIC REACTION, AND THE VIRALNESS OF THE CAMPAIGN (OR IF IT
HAS SPREAD TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND/OR BROUGHT ABOUT SIMILAR
PROGRAMS ELSEWHERE).
4) (U) GOVERNMENT-SPONSORSHIP OF THE CAMPAIGN, DETAILS OF
THIS SUPPORT, OR SPIN-OFF PROGRAMS.
B. (U) POST,S RESPONSES BY 25 AUGUST 2009 WOULD BE MUCH
APPRECIATED.
2. (U) PLEASE CITE C-NC9-01624 IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF
REPORTING IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS.
CLINTON